MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI PRAMOD MAHAJAN)
(a): Yes, Sir.
(b): Ministry of Information Technology has taken the following
steps to reduce/control cyber crime in India.
(i) The Information Technology Act, 2000 has been enacted. This
Act has adequate provisions to deal with cyber crime. Apart from that the Act, the rules notified thereof have detailed IT
security guidelines.
(ii) Ministry of Information Technology is implementing a project
to set up Centre for IT Security on the lines of Computer
Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) in other countries to provide a
single trusted point of contact for security related issues in IT
systems, networks etc.
(iii) The project on Information Security Management (ISM),
implemented by MIT, aims to bring in awareness, provide
training and third party certification in the country.
(iv) MIT has also sponsored projects on development of
technologies for Public Key Infrastructure and Payment Systems to
address internet based transactions/Digital Signatures. These
projects are in the advanced stage of completion.
The issue has been discussed in general terms with the Governments
of Australia, Brazil, France and Singapore.
A few incidents involving computer crimes have been reported.
The CBI has registered two cases, the details of which are given
in
(e).
(c): Yes, Sir. The Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of CBI was
notified in September 1999. It became functional from 03.03.2000
with the posting of a Superintendent of Police. The cell is at a
nascent stage both in terms of infrastructure and trained
manpower.
(d): Two
(e):
(i) Case No.RC S18 2000 E 0001 dt. 28.06.2000 under section
379, 419/420 IPC and
(ii) Case No. RC S18 2000 E 0002 dt. August 2000 under
section 120B r/w, 292 IPC are under investigation.
(f): IT Act 2000 has provisions for dealing with publishing or
transmitting obscene information in electronic form.
(g) & (h): Government has been a facilitator for the growth of
internet and e-commerce in the country. Internet Service Provider
(ISP) Policy was announced by the Government in November 1988. A
number of constraints have also since been removed by permitting
international gateways to ISPs and direct access to undersea fiber
optic cable under security clearance. Since then, 399 licenses
have been issued in various categories. It has enabled
competitive service provision by private sector.
